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Originally Posted by Cthulhu
Find it interesting that, besides mis-remembering or understanding a cliche, many people attempt to....'improve' upon an idiom in the interest of emphasising their point more. Oft-times, all these mis-guided souls achieve is a butchering of the phrase and message they intend to convey.
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I'm now trying to remember the name of the comedian who made his career by replacing letters in words or similar words in phrases, including colloquialisms, to change their meaning (often to reverse it) for his punchlines.
Example: "My mother-in-law is the silt of the Earth." (Da-dump-bump!)